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Sending Etta James Home

• January 29, 2012 • 2 Comments

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You “Quiero” Taco Bell Now?

• January 26, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in Barack and Michelle Obama, Cultural History, Food, Health, Love, Memoir
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The Ancestors Claim Lena Horne, 92

• May 10, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Acting, African American History, American History, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Film, Lena Horne, Love, Music, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
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Friday Night Music, June 19: The White Queen of Soul, Dusty Springfield, “The Look of Love”

• June 19, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Dusty Springfield, Film, Memoir, Music, Sexuality
Tags: "Casino Royale", "Dusty in Memphis", "I Only Want to Be with You", "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me", Black Fillmore, Boob Tube, Burt Bacharach, California, Dusty Springfield, Geary Street, Hal David, Ian Fleming, Ike and Tina Turner, James Bond, Marilyn Monroe, MUNI, Orchestrations, S.F. Muni Railway, San Francisco, Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66, Sex, The British Invasion, The Fillmore, The Four Seasons, The Oscars, The S.F. Municipal Railway

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Hoping for a Comeback in a Town With Little to Come Back To March 28, 2023
Officials have vowed that Rolling Fork, Miss., ravaged by a tornado, will come back better than ever. But first people need food, water, shelter, medicine and life’s other necessities.
Newsom Rolls Back Water Restrictions After Winter Deluge in California March 27, 2023
The state is “mostly but not completely” out of a drought, Gov. Gavin Newsom says.
Lucas Museum in Los Angeles Slated to Open in 2025 March 28, 2023
It’s finally happening.
Prisoners Today, Neighbors Tomorrow March 25, 2023
A new book “What’s Prison For?” explains how American prisons can better educate and rehabilitate the incarcerated.
U.S. Border Policies Have Created a Backup of Migrants in Mexico March 28, 2023
As the United States has cracked down on border entries, Mexico is bearing the burden of housing and feeding tens of thousands of desperate migrants.
Biden Highlights Economic Investments Ahead of Expected 2024 Announcement March 28, 2023
The president has warned that a strong economy could be weakened under Republican leadership, a point he and a host of advisers will make at 20 events across the country in the coming weeks.
The Key Differences Between Nashville and Uvalde Shooting Responses March 28, 2023
In both instances, officers rushed to the scenes and immediately entered the schools. But the situations that they confronted were not the same.
Randall Robinson, Anti-Apartheid Catalyst, Is Dead at 81 March 28, 2023
He also supported reparations for descendants of enslaved Americans and sanctuary for Haitian refugees. But he lived for two decades in self-imposed exile.

The Guardian, UK

Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, Ethiopian nun and pianist, dies at 99 March 27, 2023
The musician, who spent nearly the last 40 years of her life living in a monastery in Jerusalem, has diedEmahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, an Ethiopian nun, composer and pianist, has died at the age of 99.According to the country’s state-run news outlet Fana Broadcasting Corporate, she died in Jerusalem. Guèbrou had been living at the Ethiopian Monastery there f […]
Rwanda scheme would ‘completely erode’ UK’s standing on world stage March 26, 2023
New Human Rights Watch head Tirana Hassan says UK’s plan to deport asylum seekers is ‘cheap politics’The UK’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda would “completely erode” Britain’s standing on the world stage, the new head of Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said.Tirana Hassan, who takes over as HRW’s executive director on Monday, also said other conservativ […]
Refugees trying to reach Italy die after boats sink off coast of Tunisia March 26, 2023
Latest tragedy comes as authorities in north African country crack down on undocumented peopleAt least 29 people from sub-Saharan Africa have died while trying to reach Italy after two boats carrying them across the Mediterranean sank off the coast of Tunisia.The deaths, which occurred early on Sunday, are the latest tragedies involving people departing from […]
Hotel Rwanda’s Paul Rusesabagina released from prison March 25, 2023
Ex-hotelier whose actions saved lives during 1994 genocide has sentence for terrorism charges commutedPaul Rusesabagina, a businessman whose role in saving more than 1,000 lives during the 1994 Rwandan genocide inspired the film Hotel Rwanda, has been released from prison after his 25-year sentence on terrorism charges was commuted.Rusesabagina was accompani […]
Ethiopian PM appoints TPLF official as head of Tigray interim administration March 23, 2023
Move follows peace deal between rebels and federal government that ended two-year conflictThe Ethiopian government has said it has appointed a senior official in the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) as head of the interim Tigray regional administration after a peace deal ended a brutal two-year conflict.“Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has appointed Getache […]
Tanzania announces outbreak of deadly Marburg virus disease March 22, 2023
Five deaths and three further cases of the Ebola-like virus have been reported in the country’s north-westTanzania has announced its first outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus disease (MVD), after five fatalities and three further cases were reported at a hospital in the country’s north-west Kagera region.Through contact tracing, approximately 161 people hav […]
At least 39 dead after fire at Mexican migrant facility on US border March 28, 2023
Mexican president says protests to blame for fire in Ciudad Juárez, the latest example of dangers facing those taking route to USMexico’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has blamed protesting migrants for causing a fire at an immigration detention centre that has killed at least 39 people in Ciudad Juárez, a Mexican city on the US border.Images of th […]
Ecuador landslide: search for survivors after dozens of homes buried March 28, 2023
President Guillermo Lasso confirms seven people have died, with 62 still missing after disaster on Sunday nightA huge landslide that swept over an Andean community in central Ecuador, burying dozens of homes, has killed at least seven people, authorities said as rescuers continued a frantic search for survivors.Earlier on Monday, officials had reported 16 de […]

The BBC

Nashville school shooter hid guns in parents' house March 28, 2023
Police say the parents felt the suspect should not own weapons, but did not realise guns were in the house.
Ukraine war: Germany sends much-awaited Leopard tanks March 28, 2023
The first 18 of the cutting-edge tanks are sent, amid reports UK Challenger 2s have also arrived.
Russian whose daughter drew anti-war picture flees jail term March 28, 2023
Alexei Moskalev was investigated after his daughter drew an anti-war picture at school.
Mexico migrants: Deadly fire at Juárez migrant centre kills at least 39 March 28, 2023
Mexico's president says the blaze started during a protest by migrants fearing deportation.
North Korea asserts first evidence of tactical nuclear weapons March 28, 2023
The weapons are shown beside Kim Jong Un in photos and cannot be verified, but have raised concern.
Amateur Australian gold digger finds massive nugget March 28, 2023
The specimen was found with a budget metal detector and weighed in at 4.6kg.
Twenty pilgrims killed in Saudi Arabia bus crash March 28, 2023
The bus was carrying pilgrims to Mecca when it hit a bridge in Asir province and burst into flames.
Lisbon stabbing: Two women killed at Ismaili Muslim centre March 28, 2023
The attacker was arrested after the incident at the city's Ismaili Centre, Portuguese police say.